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Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby Melancholic » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:40 pm

These urges are, quite honestly, a blast from the past for me. I've had no desire to do so (cut) in six years.

So, I'm just curious... am I alone in this weirdness?
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Re: Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby Melancholic » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:45 am

I've heard that it's slightly common, but I really do not want to resort to old habits. I stopped, because I was completely oblivious to the fact that it was distressing people. It is just so bizarre to me that these thoughts are so intense that I quite literally leave my bed (not that I sleep much, anyway... but that seems to be the point when my mind is racing) and- just last night- was so angry about these thoughts that I actually hit a cupboard out of frustration and called phone numbers, to no avail.

That's predominantly why I returned to this forum, after being gone for so long... just, utter confusion.
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Re: Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby voracious_lemon » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:20 pm

I do during dysphoric manias. Impulsivity and agitation drive me nuts and I cut for a release. I don't self harm during euphoric manias though.
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Re: Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby Melancholic » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:05 am

Oh, right! I had a feeling as such... like a mixed episode but lessened.
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Re: Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby Jellybeanery » Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:06 pm

I did during a mixed episode. w/o being too descriptive, let's just say it was A LOT. It was all at once, and only that one time in my entire 2 month episode. It was mostly euphoric mania. I didn't even think it was a mixed episode at all until a few months later when my counselor told me it was.
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Re: Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby Rainmedic70 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:04 pm

I have self-harmed since my teenage years and im now 48. i went to the point in the past year of teaching my self how to tattoo and bought a kit and started tattooing when i felt like releasing. I am very impulsive and I am trying to keep from doing my usual.
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Re: Does anyone else self harm when manic?

Postby Holodeck » Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:04 am

I've punched things to the point of blood and or broken knuckles.

I have trichotillomania issues on occasion, but it's a small amount and rare for me nowadays. It was bad in college.

I also include my binge eating as a form of self-harm. I haven't done it since November of last year, but I binge then either purge with laxatives, over-exercise or both to get rid of the weight. I've gained some weight, but I'm ok with that. I don't purge because of body image, but rather I don't want people to worry.

I've never been caught doing these, though I've told my therapist. My boyfriend knows I binge, but I don't think he realizes it isn't my metabolism alone that keeps me at my weight. I figure he likely thinks my meds are making me gain a bit, since that time happens to be around when I started them (also when he quit his job, so I can't easily binge without getting caught). Not sure how I'll be if he gets a new job tbh.

All of these are things I do when anxious and at least a bit manic. The punching one shows when I'm in a mixed episode.
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